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    "subject": "[ans] ANS-323 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins",
    "date": "2012-11-18T14:37:32Z",
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    "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-323\n\nANS is a free, weekly, news and information service of AMSAT North\nAmerica, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS reports on the\nactivities of a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share\nan active interest in designing, building, launching and communicating\nthrough analog and digital Amateur Radio satellites.\n\nPlease send any amateur satellite news or reports to:\[email protected]\n\nPlease, share your copy of ANS with an Educator near you!\n\nIn this edition:\n\n* FITSAT-1 plans to flash the LEDs on Christmas Eve.\n* Space Education A Key To The Future\n* Reminder - Call for Photos From Space Symposium and KSC Tour\n* November 20 Deadline for Proposals in NASA's Cubesat Initiative\n* Indonesia Announces Plans for 2013 Launch\n* 2012 AMSAT Symposium Proceedings Available in the AMSAT Store\n* SSTV Images from the ISS Nov 2012\n* Successful ARISS Contacts\n* US Postal Department Proposes to Discontinue IRCs\n* Satellite Shorts From All Over\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-323.01\nANS-323 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 323.01\n>From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.\nDATE, 2012\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-323.01\n\n\nFITSAT-1 (NIWAKI) plans to flash the LEDs on Christmas Eve.\n\nDuring a recent exchange discussing FITSAT-1 on the AMSAT-BB, Kevin\nDeane, KF7MYK asked, \"When is the LED MORSE supposed to happen?,\"\nFITSAT-1 creator Professor Takushi Tanaka, JA6AVG, promptly replied\n\"We plan to flash the LEDs on Christmas Eve. So we will start testing\naround the end of this month.\"\n\nThe LED optical array may be visible to the unaided eye.\n\nThere has been much discussion about FITSAT-1 being received in the\nUSA on 5.8GHz. However another part of FITSAT-1's mission is to flash\nthe message \"Hi this Niwaka Japan\" using its array of stacked LEDs.\nWhereas, the Morse broadcast has \"no practical aim,\" Tanaka, and his\nteam of Japanese students, think it would make a good emergency\nbeacon for natural disasters (or, more worryingly, alien invasions).\n\nThe FITSAT-1 CubeSat was developed by students at the Fukuoka Insti-\ntute of Technology (FIT) in Japan. In addition to the LED array it\nalso has a CW beacon on 437.250 MHz, a data link on 437.445 MHz and\na 5840.0 MHz data downlink.\n\nFurther FITSAT-1 information is on-line at:\nhttp://www.fit.ac.jp/~tanaka/fitsat.shtml\n\n[ANS thanks Kevin, Deane, Takushi Tanaka, Jaonne Maenpaa and AMSAT-\n BB for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nSpace Education A Key To The Future\n\nEducators, who effectively use space themes to inspire students and\nstrengthen lesson plans, have a great opportunity for additional\nsupport from the nation's premier space advocacy organization.\n\nThe Space Foundation is now accepting applications\nfor its 2013 flight of Teacher Liaisons. This will be the\n10th year of this prestigious, nationally recognized program that\nprovides an honored\nfew educators numerous benefits and privileges, helps strengthen\ntheir teaching skills, builds re'sume's and influences education at a\nnational level.\n\nPre K-20 teachers and other professional or informal educators in\nthe Pre K-20 arena are eligible to be Space Foundation Teacher\nLiaisons.\n\nTeacher Liaisons tend to be Master Teachers who want to\n\ninspire the next generation of students to pursue and excel in the\nareas of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM).\n\nTeacher Liaisons do not need to be science or math teachers; they\nneed only to have a desire to integrate space education within their\ncurriculum.\n\nSpace Foundation Teacher Liaisons serve as active links between the\nSpace Foundation, NASA and their schools and school districts.\n\nThis influential role includes numerous benefits, privileges and\nactivities such as special recognition during the 29th National Space\nSymposium, to be held at The Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs,\nColorado, April 8-11, 2013.\n\nThere is no fee to apply, or membership cost.\nhttp://www.spacefoundation.org/educationtemp/tls/user/\n\nhttp://www.satmagazine.com/2012/SM_Nov2012.pdf\n\n[ANS thanks November 2012 SatMagazine for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nReminder - Call for Photos From Space Symposium and KSC Tour\n\nThe AMSAT Journal looks forward to publishing selected photos of our\n2012 Space Symposium, General Meeting, and the Kennedy Space Center\ntour. Work is under way for photo and story coverage of these events\nin the Journal being planned for the January timeframe.\n\nA few have already sent your photos or links to your on-line album\nI have them ... thanks! There will be space for many more photos so\nplease send them in (if you have not done so).\n\nSelect 5-6 of your favorite photos and add a couple of your personal\ncomments about what you found interesting or cool. The comments can\njust be text in the e-mail message ... no formatting is required.\n\nAlternatively, if you use any of the on-line photo album sites you\ncould just send me the URL for that. I can go there to select photos\nbut I would appreciate a comment from you about which ones you may\nrecommend.\n\nSend your input to the Journal In-Box - [email protected] -  by\nDecember 1. If your message is not getting through due large sized\nattachments several smaller e-mail messages are acceptable. You may\nalso contact me off-list and I'll supply another e-mail address to\ntry.\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT Journal Editor JoAnne, K9JKM for the above\n information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nNovember 20 Deadline for Proposals in NASA's Cubesat Initiative\n\nNASA is seeking proposals for small satellite payloads to fly on\nrockets planned to launch between 2013 and 2016. These miniature\nspacecraft, known as CubeSats, could be auxiliary payloads on pre-\nviously planned missions.\n\nCubeSats are a class of research spacecraft called nanosatellites.\nThese cube-shaped satellites are approximately four inches long,\nhave a volume of about one quart and weigh less than three pounds.\n\nProposed CubeSat investigations must be consistent with NASA's Stra-\ntegic Plan and the NASA education vision and goals. The research\nmust address aspects of science, exploration, technology develop-\nment, education or operations.\n\nApplicants must submit proposals electronically by 4:30 p.m. EST,\nNov. 20, 2012. NASA will select the payloads by Jan. 31, 2013. Sel-\nection does not guarantee a launch opportunity. The selected space\ncraft will be eligible for flight after final negotiations when a\nlaunch opportunity arises. NASA will not provide funding for the\ndevelopment of the small satellites.\n\nNASA recently announced the results from the third round of the\nCubeSat Launch Initiative. From the first three launch initiatives,\n64 payloads made the short list for launch opportunities between\n2011 and 2014. They are eligible for launch pending an appropriate\nopportunity and final negotiations. The satellites come from 25\nstates: Alabama, Alaska, California, Colorado, Florida, Hawaii,\nIllinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts,\nMichigan, Missouri, Montana, North Dakota, New Hampshire, New Mex-\nico, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Vermont and Virginia.\n\nFor additional information about NASA's CubeSat Launch Initiative\nprogram, visit:\nhttp://go.nasa.gov/puk9K2 and http://go.nasa.gov/CubeSatOp.\n\n[ANS thanks the NASA Education Express Message for Nov. 8, 2012 for\n the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nIndonesia Announces Plans for 2013 Launch\n\nThe Indonesian National Society, ORARI, submitted a report during\nthe IARU Region 3 conference in Viet Nam mentioned the amateur radio\nsatellites they hope will be launched in 2013:\n\nhttp://www.iaru-r3.org/15r3c/docs/025.doc\n\nORARI is supporting LAPAN, the Indonesian Space Agency, to launch\nsatellites as follows:\n\n+ Satellite LAPAN - A2 (will be launched Mid 2013)\n  Telemetry 437.425 MHz\n\n+ Satellite LAPAN - ORARI (will be launched Mid 2013)\n  Downlink Voice 435.880 MHz\n  Uplink Voice   145.880 MHz\n  APRS           145.825 MHz\n  Telemetry      437.325 MHz\n\nThese satellites are planned for low inclination orbits which may\nlimit access from high latitude countries.\n\n[ANS thanks Trevor, M5AKA for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\n2012 AMSAT Symposium Proceedings Available in the AMSAT Store\n\nThe Proceedings of the AMSAT-NA 30th Symposium and AMSAT-NA Annual\nMeeting, October 26-28 in Orlando, Florida have been put in the on-\nline AMSAT Store. Please visit the store at:\nhttp://store.amsat.org/catalog/\n\nThe proceedings contains over 30 articles on subjects ranging from\ncurrent satellite operations to updates on the Fox Project.\n\nIf you could not make the meeting, this is a great source of the\nlatest information.\n\nPrice is $25 + $12 Shipping for USA. See the details on the store\nweb page and order your copy today!\n\n[ANS thanks Martha at the AMSAT Office for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nSSTV Images from the ISS Nov 2012\n\nMy fascination with ham radio and the International Space Station\nstepped up a notch today, as I was able to receive and decode my\nfirst image from the ISS.\n\nOccasionally, the astronauts aboard the ISS turn on the SSTV (Slow\nScan TV) equipment on their amateur radio station and beam signals\nfrom their vantage point back down to us amateurs on the ground.\n\nAfter being tipped off via the ISS Fan Club website that SSTV was\nactive, I calculated a suitable overhead path and connected the audio\noutput of my 2 metre rig to the soundcard on my PC, and tuned in. The\nfrequency in use for the downlink was 145.800MHz, and I set up a\ndigital recorder to capture the received audio.\n\nWithout too much fiddling about, the image was received pretty well,\nwith only a tiny bit of noise, and a fairly minor image attribute on\nthe left.\n\n[ANS thanks Essex Ham (and Trevor, M5AKA) for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nARISS UPDATES\n\nSuccessful ARISS Contact for 1 Circolo Didattico G.Marconi,\nCasamassima, Italy\n\nFriday November  9, 2012 at 12:53 UTC, which is 13:53 CEST, students\nfrom 1 Circolo Didattico G.Marconi, Casamassima, Italy established\nARISS contact with JAXA astronaut Akihiko Hoshide KE5DNI onboard the\nInternational Space Station. Astronaut Akihiko Hoshide KE5DNI\noperated with the ISS callsign OR4ISS. This was a direct contact\nperformed by amateur radio club station IZ7RTN installed at\n\"Cittadella Mediterranea della Scienza\", University of Bari, Italy.\n\nThe Didactic Center \"Marconi\" in Casamassima di Bari, South Italy\nincludes one Primary School and two Nursery Schools. There are more\nthan 800 students and a teaching staff of 70 teachers, directed by\nheadmaster Mrs. Rita Rosaria Gagliardi. The Primary School has\nmultimedia and scientific laboratories, while the students play an\nactive role in a number of projects on Science, Music, Dance,\nTheatre, Physical Education and more.\n\nMr. Michele Mallardi IZ7EVR, radio contact coordinator for this\nevent, decided in favor of the setup for a direct contact, with\nassistance from the ARISS telebridge station IK1SLD installed at\nCasale Monferrato Airport, Piemonte, Italy.\n\nThe contact took place at \"Cittadella Mediterranea della Scienza\",\nUniversity of Bari, where an audience of about 250 students, visitors\nand Media, including 12 Italian Air Force officers, participated to\nthe ARISS contact. Before the link voice with ISS, Mr. Michele\nMallardi IZ7EVR presented ARISS program, the operations during an\ncontact with the ISS via Ham Radio, and the life of the astronauts in\nspace.\n\nAt 12:53 UTC, contact with OR4ISS was established by station IZ7RTN.\nUsing the Kenwood radio in the Service Module, Akihiko Hoshide KE5DNI\nanswered all 20 questions from the students, exchanged final\ngreetings and closed the contact. During the pass, the signal from\nthe ISS was loud and clear.\n\nLive streaming video was available on:\nhttp://www.cittadellamediterraneascienza.it/webtv.html\n\nARISS contact was announced by web story on ESA Portal - National\nNews: http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEML9F62Q8H_Italy_0.html\n\nCongratulations to the schools staff, ARISS Puglia Team!\n\n\n-----------\n\nSuccessful ARISS contact for Italian Schools in Govone, Priocca and\nDiano d'Alba, Italy\n\nThursday November 8, 2012 at 12.04 UTC, which is 13.04 CEST,\nstudents from Institute Comprehensive in Govone, Nino Costa Middle\nschool in Priocca and Institute Comprehensive in Diano d'Alba, Italy\nestablished ARISS contact with JAXA astronaut Akihiko Hoshide KE5DNI\nonboard the International Space Station.\n\nAstronaut Akihiko Hoshide KE5DNI operated with the ISS callsign\nOR4ISS. This was a direct contact performed by amateur radio station\nIK1SLD, installed for the event in Planetarium in Turin, Italy.\n\nThe two Junior High schools Nino Costa of Priocca and T.L. Dalmasso\nof Govone are integral part of the Comprehensive School of Govone in\nthe province of Cuneo. The municipal territories of the Comprehensive\nSchool of Govone are situated on the left bank of the river Tanaro;\nthis district, which is a hil country, is called \"Roero\" and it's\nfamous for its fine wines. The inhabitants live mostly in the plein\nwhere the schools can also be found while on the top of the hill\nthere is the old town center where is the towmhall. The students came\nfrom the small towns of Govone, Priocca, Magliano Alfieri,\nCastellinaldo, San Damiano. The school is attended by about 300\npupils, aged between 3 and 13 years.\n\nMr. Claudio Ariotti IK1SLD, radio contact coordinator for this\nevent, decided in favor of the setup for a direct contact, with\nassistance from the his ARISS telebridge station (IK1SLD) installed\nat Casale Monferrato Airport, Piemonte, Italy and operated by Max\nCanepa IW1CNF.\n\nThe contact took place at Planetarium in Turin, where an audience of\nabout 200 students, visitors and Media participated to the ARISS\ncontact. Before the link voice with ISS, Mr. Claudio Ariotti IK1SLD\npresented ARISS program, the operations during an contact with the\nISS via Ham Radio, and the life of the astronauts in space.\n\nAt 12:04 UTC, contact with OR4ISS was established by station IK1SLD.\nUsing the Kenwood radio in the Service Module, Akihiko Hoshide KE5DNI\nanswered all 20 questions from the students, exchanged final\ngreetings and closed the contact. During the pass, the signal from\nthe ISS was loud and clear.\n\nLive streaming video was available on:\nhttp://www.livestream.com/AMSAT_Italia\n\nVideo of the contact is available also here:\nhttp://www.livestream.com/AMSAT_Italia\n\nARISS contact was announced by web story on ESA Portal - National\nNews: http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEML9F62Q8H_Italy_0.html\n\nCongratulations to the school's staff, ARISS Team IK1SLD and ARI\nCasale!\n\n73\n\nFrancesco De Paolis, IK0WGF\nARISS mentor\n\n[ANS thanks ARISS for the above information]\n\n------------\n\nAmateur Radio Newsline Covers ARISS\n\nThe November 9 Amateur Radio Newsline report #1839 included an item\nabout the upcoming ARISS contact with students in Gujarat, India on\nNovember 14.The article,  Ham Radio in Space: First Time Ever India\nto ISS Student Contact  may be viewed at:\nhttp://www.arnewsline.org/storage/scripts/nsln1839.txt\n\n------------\n\nLive Internet Coverage of ARISS Contacts\n\nJohn Spasojevich, AG9D, who does the live internet audio distribu-\ntion of the ARISS contacts, provided this summary of the audio\nsources where you may listen.\n\n+ EchoLink *AMSAT*  node (101377)\n+ Echolink *JK1ZRW* node (277208)\n+ IRLP Node 9010 Discovery Reflector Streaming Audio:\n  https://sites.google.com/site/arissaudio/\n\nAudio on Echolink & web stream is generally transmitted around 20\nminutes prior to the contact taking place so that you can hear some\nof the preparation that occurs.\n\nIRLP will begin just prior to the ground station call to the ISS.\n\nPlease note that on Echolink there are automatic breaks of 1.5 sec-\nonds in the audio transmission. These occur every 2.5 minutes during\nthe event. Breaks on IRLP are manual and occur approximately after\nevery third question.\n\nJohn invites anyone interested in more info on how to hear the live\nARISS contact to send an email him at: [email protected].\n\n[ANS thanks John Spasojevich, AG9D for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nUS Postal Department Proposes to Discontinue IRCs\n\nATTENTION DX'ers who mail to foreign countries for QSL cards:\n\nIf the US Postal Service (USPS) gets its way, it will no longer sell\nInternational Reply Coupons (IRCs) after January 27, 2013. According\nto the October 23 edition of the Federal Register, there is not\nsufficient demand for the USPS to continue offering IRCs to customers;\nhowever, per the Universal Postal Union (UPU) regulations, the USPS\nmust continue to exchange (redeem) IRCs that have been purchased in\nforeign countries and presented at USPS facilities. The current\nNairobi model is valid through December 31, 2013. Comments on this\nproposed change will be accepted\nhttp://www.regulations.gov/#!submitComment;D=USPS-2012-0101-0001\nthrough November 23, 2012.\n\nIRCs provide foreign addressees with a prepaid means of responding to\ninquiries, solicitations or other types of communications -- such as\nQSL cards -- that are initiated by US senders. IRCs are exchangeable\nfor postage stamps by postal administrations in member countries of\nthe UPU. Each IRC is equivalent in value to the destination country's\nminimum postage price for an unregistered airmail letter. The purchase\nprice is in the US is currently $2.20 per IRC. -- Thanks to The Daily\nDX for some information.\n\nYou have until November 23rd to submit your comments on this proposal.\nhttp://www.regulations.gov/#!submitComment;D=USPS-2012-0101-0001\n\n[ANS thanks the American Radio Relay League for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nSatellite Shorts From All Over\n\n+ MP3 archives of the AMSAT-UK 80M net can be found at:\n  http://www.dit-dit-dit.com/Downloads.aspx\n\n+ Simon Brown, HB9DRV posted a demo of his SDR-Radio, V2 software\n  at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jj5boD62bSY&feature=plcp\n\n+ An SSTV image received November 9 from the ISS on 145.800 along\n  with a short video can be seen at:\n  http://www.essexham.co.uk/news/images-from-the-iss-nov-2012.html\n  (Trevor M5AKA)\n\n+ The bright morning star is Venus. The bright evening star is\n  Jupiter.\n\n+ IARU Region 3 conference paper from their recent meeting in Viet\n  Nam are available on-line:\n  o KiwiSAT - A Project of AMSAT-ZL at:\n    http://www.iaru-r3.org/15r3c/docs/035.doc\n  o Other IARU Region 3 conferences papers can be read at:\n    http://www.iaru-r3.org/15r3c/docs/docs.htm\n  o A picture of the delegates is at:\n    http://www.dermandar.com/p/bByKak\n\n+ iPhone interface for Ham Radios\n  Thomas N2YTF, vice president of the Hall of Science Amateur Radio\n  Club, demonstrated his iPhone interface at the recent Maker Faire\n  at the New York Hall of Science in Queens.\n  Read the article \"Tinkerer Invents iPhone Interface for Ham Radios\"\n  http://tinyurl.com/cujjneo\n\n+ A Private Affair For Russia\n  The first Russian satellite, manufactured by a private company for\n  private funds will be put into orbit in 2014, most probably onboard\n  the \"Progress\" state-owned cargo vehicle-so believes \"Sputniks\"\n  General Director Andrei Potapov.\n  http://www.satmagazine.com/2012/SM_Nov2012.pdf - Page 19\n\n+ The Photo Reconnaissance Satellites of the USS/Russia\n  Similar to the United States, the former Union of Socialist Soviet\n  Republics recognized the value of military reconnaissance satellites\n  early in their development of spaceflight.\n  http://www.milsatmagazine.com/2012/MSM_Oct2012.pdf - Page 48\n\n+ Fun with model rockets and an iPhone\n  Make: Projects community member Mike Westerfield shared a pair of\n  intriguing how-tos detailing how to fly a TI SensorTag and an iPhone\n  on a model rocket to find acceleration, rotation, and pressure, then\n  collect and analyze the data using a Bluetooth link to the iPhone\n  and techBASIC.\n  http://tinyurl.com/bgf3xam\n\n+ Saturn V Moon Rocket Inforgraphic\n  http://tinyurl.com/ctybpo7\n\n[ANS thanks everyone for the above information]\n\n\n\n/EX\n\nIn addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the\nPresident's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining\ndonors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive addi-\ntional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT\nOffice.\n\nPrimary and secondary school students are eligible for membership\nat one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students\nenrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the stu-\ndent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status.\nContact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership\ninformation.\n\n73,\nThis week's ANS Editor,\nEMike McCardel, KC8YLD\nkc8yld at amsat dot org\n",
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